April 15, 2011

MINUTES
Friday, April 15, 2011 at 9:00 a.m.
City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 400
San Francisco, California

1. Call to order and roll call
The meeting was called to order by Task Force Chair Erich Pearson at 9:04 a.m.
Present:
Erich Pearson--Chair
Albert Blais – Vice Chair
Michelle Aldrich
Maureen Burns
Stephanie Tucker
David Goldman
Shona Gochenaur
Raymond Gamley
Martin Olive
Kevin Reed
Sarah Shrader Patrick Goggin

Absent: Mary Schroeder (excused)

2. Approval of Minutes of March 18, 2011 meeting
There were no public comments. Minutes were approved.

3. Approval of Agenda for April 15, 2011 meeting]
Discussion was held, public comments made, and the following were approved:
• Move item #4 (Committee reports) after special order
• Remove item #10 (Recommend Stewart Rhoades for open cultivator seat on Task Force) as that will be discussed in the April 29 meeting
• Remove item #12 (Definition of MCD, proposed amendments)
• Richard Lee and Larry Kessler removed from agenda, to be on later meeting
• General public comments after approval of agenda

4. Public Comments
Public comments were made.

5. Review meeting format and discuss questions to be presented to guest speakers.
Task force members discussed questions to be presented to guest speakers. Questions to be asked from prepared list from Outreach Committee, committee heads will then ask their questions, and then questions from any task force members.

6. Discussion held on Task Force focus in accomplishing annual report.

7. Presentations and Q&A by City officials
Debra Walker, Building Inspection Commissioner, and Vivian Day, Director of Building Inspection, answered prepared questions from the task force, committee chairs, task force members, and members of the public.

8. Recess taken

9. Committee and working group reports:
Christine Wagner reported for the Legislative/Legal Committee
• Committee meeting was held on April 1, 2011
• Reviewed current assignments for annual report
• Voted on suggested timeline to ask all committees to send their responses and recommendations for review to the Legislative/Legal Committee by May 1, 2011
• Suggest that committee chairs or representative prepare and present responses and recommendations
• Website content has been sent to Outreach Committee for review before sending back to Legal Committee
• Discussed MCD definition regarding out of town delivery services, social services not in retail settings, number of patients, land use permits for transfer.
• Held discussion to urge BOS to enforce Medical Cannabis Act regarding out of town delivery services
• Brought up State Senate bills #847 and #626. Next hearing in Sacramento on April 27.
Stephanie Tucker, chair of Outreach Committee, asked Legislative/Legal Committee members to attend next Outreach Committee meeting, April 22, 2011.

Shona Gochenhaur reported for the Patient Advocacy Committee
• Reviewed annual report duties. Created two teams; a review team, and a team to take on items the committee has lead roles on
• Discussed compassionate care and health concerns
• Had questions that were forwarded to speakers (of today’s meeting)
• Vote to strike 10 or more, replacement verbiage regarding MCD sellers’ permits triggering permits

Raymond Gamley reported for the Cultivation Committee
• Expressed thoughts as chair of committee. He will remain as chair. Chad Connor is vice chair
• Ben Breschini resigned from committee

Stephanie Tucker reported for the Outreach Committee
• Created and forwarded questions to (today’s) speakers
• Had guest speaker, Stephanie Sherer, from Safe Access, at last meeting

Maureen Burns reported for the Veterans Committee
• First meeting is scheduled for April 18, 2011, 1:00-3:30

Discussion held regarding creation of working groups or sub-committees. Committees can have their own sub-committees working on issues. They are not Task Force working groups. Cultivation Committee has an Edibles sub-committee to meet on April 22.

10. Review and approve candidates for committees
Michael Dane (Outreach), Dan Rush (Legislative/Legal), Caren Woodson (Outreach, Cultivation, Legislative/Legal), Antonio Gunnells (Outreach, Patient Advocacy) presented themselves for seats on Task Force committees. Public comments were made. Dan Rush and Caren Woodson were approved to be on the Legislative/Legal Committee. Candidates for other committees to be discussed and voted at future meetings.

11. Topics for consideration at future task force meetings
Discuss committee membership and attendance at committee meetings.

12. Adjournment
Meeting adjourned at 12:00 noon.

Minutes taken by Carol Lei